PHOENIX — With the exception of a few Game 1 moments, the Purple Palace has been very, very loud the past two games. The fans that fill US Airways Center love getting behind their Suns and the Suns generally thrive off their energy.
But now with the series tied 1-1, the Suns head to Portland for [...]

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Jason Quick of The Oregonian recently reported that Portland Trail Blazers forward Nicolas Batum is questionable for Game 3 after this morning’s MRI showed a slight strain in his right shoulder — the same shoulder Batum had surgically repaired in October due to a torn labrum, causing him to miss 45 games this season.
The 21-year-old [...]

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With the series all knotted up at a game apiece and the Suns headed to Portland, the citizens of Planet Orange have taken their fingers off the panic button. Here’s what’s rumbling after the Suns’ blowout win:

After last night’s game, Charles Barkley had some positive analysis of his former team. Barkley said he doesn’t think [...]

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PHOENIX — Going into their series, “tempo” was the biggest buzzword in this matchup pitting the hare Suns against the tortoise Blazers.
The Suns played the Portland Trail Blazers’ slow, bruising style in their Game 1 loss, but Game 2 featured 48 minutes of Phoenix Suns basketball and along with it the kind of result you [...]

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Maybe all the talk of the Suns needing more Amare Stoudemire motivated Grant Hill or maybe the veteran is just tired of his season ending after the first round of the playoffs.
Or maybe it was neither. Whatever it was, Grant Hill proved invaluable Tuesday night as the Suns took Game 2 from the Portland Trail Blazers.
Right [...]

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Suns 119, Trail Blazers 90

PHOENIX – The Blazers landed the first punch.
Now it’s the Suns’ turn to counter.
If not, this could be the last game US Airways Center hosts all season.
Yes, Game 2 is that desperate of a situation with the Suns facing two games against Portland’s raucous crowd later this week. And [...]

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